English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains | 04-01-2020

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Mahendras has started special quizzes for IBPS clerk Mains, It will include quizzes of all the subjects- Quantitative Aptitude, English, Reasoning and Computer. All these quizzes will be strictly based on the latest pattern of IBPS exam and will be beneficial for your preparations. Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS CLERK Mains 2019-20 exam.

Direction (1-5): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. 

The lifespan of a company is getting shorter and (1). Last year a report by Credit Suisse pointed out that the average age of an S&P 500 company was now under 20 years – a sharp contrast from the 1950s when it was 60 years. If you look at the Fortune 500 list of 1955 and compare it to last year’s list there are nearly 60 companies that are named on both lists. The reason they have survived so long is probably because they (2) the future and adapted to it well. This is why it is so important to think creatively about the future. That’s exactly what Boston Consulting Group’s Alan Iny, who is a member of the firm’s strategy practice leadership team, helps companies to do. Iny, who co-authored a book called Thinking in New Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business Creativity stresses the (3) for companies to plan ahead for all contingencies. Among others, he is helping an Indian energy major map out potential scenarios of the future. Last week, Iny who is based in New York but lives mostly out of suitcases, was in Delhi – and he started (4) his visit by spending three-and-a-half hours training his own company to think creatively. “I was with 55 senior people at BCG India helping them discover how to bring (5) in solving day to day problems,” he says. “There are definitely tools and techniques to make people think differently. And it’s a fantastically fun technique. 

Q1. Choose the correct option for (1) 

01. slow 

02. fall 

03. shorter 

04. less 

05. most 

Q2. Choose the correct option for (2) 

01. participate 

02. anticipated 

03. fully 

04. irksome 

05. felicitated 

Q3. Choose the correct option for (3) 

01. severe 

02. contingent 

03. fervency 

04. clemency 

05. urgency 

Q4. Choose the correct option for (4) 

01. in 

02. on 

03. off 

04. to 

05. by 

Q5. Choose the correct option for (5) 

01. intimacy 

02. legitimacy 

03. creativity 

04. frequency 

05. rapidly 

Direction (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them. 

(A) Not working puts women at risk. 

(B) Although many women who take time off 

(C) Without financial independence, 

(D) Assume they can come back into the work force easily, 

(E) They are more likely to get stuck 

(F) In abusive or simply unhappy relationships. 

Q6. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? 

01. A 

02. B 

03. E 

04. C 

05. D 

Q7. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 

01. A 

02. B 

03. F 

04. C 

05. E 

Q8. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 

01. F 

02. B 

03. D 

04. C 

05. E 

Q9. What is the combination of FOURTH and FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? 

01. FD 

02. BA 

03. DC 

04. C D 

05. FB 

Q10. What is the correct sequence of the rearrangement? 

01. FDBCAE 

02. BACDFE 

03. ACEFBD 

04. EFACBD 

05. FBACED 

Answers: 

Q.1(3) 

Q.2(2) 

Q.3(5) 

Q.4(3) 

Q.5(3) 

Q.6(3) 

Q.7(1) 

Q.8(4) 

Q.9(5) 

Q.10 (3)